Labour failed to wipe out the opposition on Greenwich Council in yesterday’s election – with the Conservatives successfully defending all nine of their council seats. Just as before the poll, Labour ended a long night of counting with 42 out of 51 seats – one fewer than they won in 2014’s election. With rumours circulating […]
May 2018
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Spray Street demolitions: Heritage body fights to save Woolwich Public Market
A heritage body is battling to save Woolwich Public Market, which is under threat from a Greenwich Council-backed redevelopment scheme along with scores of small businesses. The 20th Century Society says the covered market building, which opened in 1936, is unique because of its German design, which was more commonly found in military buildings. It […]
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Save Jumbo: East Greenwich gasholder petition nears 700 signatures
A petition objecting to the demolition of east Greenwich’s historic gasholder is nearing 700 signatures just a few days after launching. Last month, Greenwich Council planning officers approved plans to demolish the 130-year-old gasholder, which sits close to the entrance of the Blackwall Tunnel. Now the Greenwich Industrial History Society is calling on Greenwich Council […]
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Greenwich Labour councillors fight back over Silvertown Tunnel legal deal
A group of Greenwich Labour councillors are objecting to their council’s legal deal with Transport for London over its proposed Silvertown Tunnel – a week before Transport Secretary Chris Grayling is due to approve or reject the scheme. A decision on the £1 billion road tunnel, due to run between the Greenwich Peninsula and Royal […]
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The Bexley bulletin: Will Tories be punished over parks and CCTV?
Local politics in Bexley is in some ways a mirror image of Greenwich – but tomorrow’s local elections there have an element of surprise about them. Will the Conservative council be punished for selling off parks and cutting back on CCTV coverage? 853’s DA-postcode correspondent STEVE KEENE explains what’s at stake the other side of […]
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